Nearly 100 additional wild bee species in Europe have been classified as threatened in a new assessment for the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™, with more than 20% of species in groups such as ...

For decades Indigenous peoples’ organisations were members as part of the civil society category at IUCN. But at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in 2016, the IUCN Members Assembly adopted a ...

States and government agency Members State and government agency Members make up approximately 14% of IUCN’s Membership. IUCN provides these Members with valuable international data and analysis that ...

Three species of Arctic seal have moved closer to extinction, according to the latest update of the IUCN Red List of ...

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 9 October 2025 (IUCN) – The IUCN World Conservation Congress – the world’s foremost ...

Founded in 1948, IUCN has become the global authority on the status of the natural world and the measures needed to safeguard it. As we mark the Union's 75th anniversary we look back on the knowledge, ...

TEST 2About IUCN News & Events Press Blog Regions Asia Eastern and Southern Africa Eastern Europe and Central Asia Europe Mediterranean Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean North America Oceania ...

The mission of the Global Judicial Institute on the Environment Task Force (GJIE) is to support the role of judges, courts, and tribunals to respond to pressing environmental crises. Nicholas Bryner, ...

IUCN joins the global community in mourning the loss of Jane Goodall, renowned ethologist and dedicated IUCN member, and celebrates her extraordinary life.

At the heart of this year’s IUCN World Conservation Congress (WCC), a bold and beautiful space invites us to pause, reflect, and re-think how we approach nature preservation: the Reimagining ...

UNFCCC COP30, which marks the 10th anniversary of the historic Paris Agreement, takes place at a time of growing conflicts, mounting geopolitical tensions, and heightened strains on multilateralism.

Formally known as the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction ...